菌
菌 — Germ
germ, fungus, bacteria
On’yomiキン (kin)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 菌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 細菌 | さいきん saikin | bacterium; bacteria; germ |
| 菌 | きん kin | fungus; germ; bacterium |
| 殺菌 | さっきん sakkin | sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection |
| 球菌 | きゅうきん kyuukin | coccus |
| 抗菌 | こうきん koukin | antibacterial; antimicrobial |
| ばい菌 | ばいきん baikin | germ; germs; bacteria |
Study notes
菌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1586 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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